Unemployment is set to rise once again, according to the centre for economics and business research (CEBR).
The CEBR anticipates that despite strong Q4 growth in GDP, growth is likely to be weaker in the first quarter of 2011, with the claimant count rising.
Education recruiter Aspire People has strengthened its East Midlands team with a number of appointments.
Natalie Cotton, formerly of Randstad Care, joins as a consultant to handle Aspire People’s Coventry and Warwickshire Primary School desk, while Andrew White, who worked at Celsian Education, has been recruited to set up its Nottingham Secondary division.
As Britain emerges from recession, managing cashflow from Britain’s recruiters becomes ever more important.
GoldOne Chartered Accountants has given its top tips for managing cashflow.
Step 1: Use common sense to reduce cash payments upfront
IT and pharma recruiter Vine Resources has opened its first satellite office in Stockholm, Sweden.
Managing director David Lawrence says: “We are pleased to have established a local presence in Sweden after working with client’s there over the last five years. I believe it will enable us to understand their local needs better and react faster to them.”
Life sciences executive search and interim management specialist RSA has made a number of new appointments across its global network.
Multi-sector recruiter Concept Staffing has appointed Mel Dyson as a consultant.
Dyson, who has spent 22 years working in the recruitment industry, joins Concept’s Yeovil branch and will be responsible for a combined desk in the commercial sector.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has introduced a new associate level of professional membership.
The new level sits below the existing professional grades of Chartered Member and Chartered Fellow.
Associates will be able use the designatory letters ‘Assoc CIPD’ after their name.
The Australian economy and recruitment market has shown exceptional signs of recovery over the last four months and in turn for JPA, as a rec-to-rec with an office in Sydney the demand from our clients within Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth is far outstripping the number of domestic-based recruiters available.
Travel recruiter Gail Kenny has restructured its business to better reflects it service offerings.
The group is now made up of three service areas: GK Executive Search, Gail Kenny Recruitment and Gail Kenny HR Solutions.
GK Executive Search, led by director Ian Brooks, will focus on board level assignments.
One in five IT professionals have held five international jobs over their career, according to new research from global IT and telecoms recruiter Networkers International.
The poll of 500 IT workers also found that 60% of those who have worked abroad have done so in at least two countries, while most ex-pats go from one foreign role to another without returning to the UK.